ONCE UPON OUR TIMES: Property purchases

Wednesday

Dec 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM

As I drive around the area I notice that there are a lot of properties for sale these days. Almost every street has a few signs in the yard letting passersby know that if you want the place you can contact the owner or his representative. As we begin to close out our journey in 1912 I thought we'd do so by looking at some properties changing hands as the year draws to a close.

The new owners will get possession January 1, subject to the leases of the present occupants. That of Stationer Willis A. Hess expires, April 1, 1914, and that of Frieden Bros., April 1, 1917.

Brown & Miller have in contemplation many improvements to the property. Among these will be entire new store fronts and enlargements of the two store rooms. The changes to be made have not been definitely determined upon and will not be until an architect has submitted designs.

It is the purpose of Brown & Miller to eventually move their own large grocery store into the corner of the building.

The building is three stories in height and has a frontage of 42 feet on Main street. It extends to the alley, a depth of about 270 feet. In addition to the large three-story building there is a bakeshop on the premises and very commodious stables.

The property was in the possession of Dr. I.N. Snively for many years. When he purchased it, it consisted of two stories only. He added the third story twenty-six years ago.

The property is one of the best business locations in Waynesboro, being only half-a-square from the public square and having an alley running along its entire depth on the west side and another along its south end.

There have been many opportunities for Dr. Snively to sell the property, because of its desirable site, but he has refused all propositions until that made by Brown & Miller.

The firm of Brown & Miller is one of the best-known and most prosperous in Waynesboro and its ownership of the building will give it greater facilities for the enlargement of the business.

The Snively building has been erected a long time. The first two stories were erected in 1832 by William and James Moore, brothers, who were engaged here as horse dealers. The building remained two stories until Dr. Snively put the third story on it, about 1886.

December 26, 1912

E.J. Eyler buys farm will raise poultry

Edw. J. Eyler, East Main street, one of the best-known barbers and poultry fanciers of Waynesboro, will retire from partnership with his brother, Geo. D. Eyler, April 1, in the barbering business, and remove, with his family, to the farm he recently purchased, east of town, now occupied by John C. Emmert.

The farm contains about 18 acres and is known to many people as the old Abr. Frantz homestead.

Mr. Eyler will engage in poultry raising on a large scale and, also, in trucking. He will continue to raise, particularly, his celebrated White Leghorn strain of chickens, which have won many prizes for him in poultry shows.

The name chosen for his new possession is the 'White Clover Poultry Farm.'

Mr. Eyler has a big lot of friends in Waynesboro who will wish him an abundance of success in his enlarged venture in growing poultry.

He has given much study to this undertaking and believes that he will be able to grow on a large scale as high class fowls as on the smaller scale to which he has heretofore confined his efforts.

"Once Upon Our Times" by the Rev. Lee E. Daywalt is a compilation of local newspaper articles from 100 years ago. It appears weekly in The Record Herald. Daywalt is pastor of New Baltimore Church of God and administrator of Preserving Our Heritage Archives and Museum, 11191 South Mountain, 11191 South Mountain Road, South Mountain. The museum is open from 8 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and at other times by appointment. For information, call 762-2367 or visit:

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